America is asking too much from Whoopi Goldberg

Midlife isn’t a crisis, but sleep, stress and happiness feel a little different after 35 – or whenever middle age actually begins

Soomi Lee, University of South Florida

Age is no longer the only definition of midlife. An expert in aging explains why.

Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought – here’s what that means for 2 billion downstream water users and sea level rise

Mathieu Morlighem, Dartmouth College

Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.

The fastest population growth in the West’s wildland fringes is in ecosystems most vulnerable to wildfires

Krishna Rao, Stanford University; Alexandra Konings, Stanford University; Marta Yebra, Australian National University; Noah Diffenbaugh, Stanford University; Park Williams, University of California, Los Angeles

A new study maps vegetation’s fire risk across the West and shows where population in the highest-risk areas from California to Texas is booming.

What is ‘legitimate political discourse,’ and does it include the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol?

Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University; Timothy J. Shaffer, Kansas State University

Legitimate political discourse is based on persuasion, not coercion or violence. Two scholars of communication and democracy explain the difference.

Students are suspended less when their teacher has the same race or ethnicity

Matthew Shirrell, George Washington University

School suspension rates drop significantly if US teachers came from more diverse backgrounds, a scholar says.

Why are some Roman Catholic saints called doctors of the church?

Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross

Saints are recognized for exceptional virtue and faith. But some also are commemorated for their scholarship.

From walking to cycling, how we get around a city is a gender equality issue – new research

The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?

BA.2 is like Omicron’s sister. Here’s what we know about it so far